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Painful rents aren't just in the SE. Our 3 bed/dining hall/galley kitchen/lounge/bath/ensuite semi in the NW is £1600 pcm. It's a nice house (altho needs money spending on it) in a beautiful spot, but we do want more space now.

If only it was that easy, we are currently having to gut our rental property after the current tenant has left us with a major damp problem from not airing the house properly. Leaving us having to replaster, and a specialist damp company to fix it.

Its going back on the market but we can only afford to do this for so long, I know we should keep the deposit but we are not. As it wasnt really deliberate, I just have to wait thats all.

Oh, I would love to see your home too fivegomad!

I love my home. It's a 2 bed open-plan flat but very well insulated so we can walk around in t-shirts in the winter if we want to and our heating is only number 2. It takes max 1 hour to clean and is lovely and light throughout with light wooden floors. We have a balcony where we can eat outside in the summer and a massive communal park/garden with different play areas and bbq areas etc (no roads to cross to get there!) We're only renting but I've just extended the contract for another 2 years and the landlord has fixed the rent for that period

You said that you own another house and rent it out ( on another thread). Can't you sell that and add the money together to get something bigger mrsbucket?

I believe you both just an old cynic! They both sound lovely! I've always fancied running a B&B but I'm not really a people person

Thank you :D

I will PM you as otherwise it is advertising.

Do you have a link?

dreams you can google mine if you want to on the web as it is a B&B.

Mine a 2-bed 2 reception semi bungalow. Just me in it. Infact my 4 other neighbours are single occupants, built in 1961. In a cul-de-sac. Don't drive, so convenient shops round the corner, Drs, chemist, post office. Bus stops with 4 buses an hour. Canal at back of garden trees and large field at other side of river. Location excellent. Beds both at back of property.

Mine is tiny. 3 bed. Small kitchen. Dining room stuffed with furniture. Lounge. I bath. Much much smaller than anyone else I know.
But it is so so warm. I love it and forget that it is ever cold outside til I step out. Love it.

Drastically downsized to a 2 bed detached bungalow with large conservatory and good sized rooms other than a tiny kitchen. Lovely area. Warm & cosy but still needs a bit of work. Not sure if we'll stay or move on when the work is done.

4 bed stone Victorian semi.

It's a beautiful old house but needs a lot of tlc which we are struggling to afford at the moment. Lovely big square rooms. Kitchen is a bit dark and needs replacing but has room for a table. I love my pantry though! It's freezing at times. With a bit of money to spend on it (new kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, curtains, roof etc etc) it could be stunning.

We may need to move this year and will not be able to afford anything half as good and I feel

My first flat was the grottiest two-bed above a cash machine on a main road - we had to step round the drunks in the doorway to get in, the window in my bedroom wouldn't shut, it had mice and a chain-smoking flatmate - but I loved it!

Being in the middle of a major house move, I am obsessed with where and how other people live - nothing to do with envy, just straightforward nosiness .

can't add a conservatory cause of stupid covenants plus id have no garden left.

dreams im not lying im really not.

I know what you mean, HDee. My first flat without roommates was at university. It was a small one bed, but with nice views of the river. Best of all, it was right next door to my department, so I could roll out of bed and attend classes.

I still think of it with affection. It might have seemed grotty and cramped to some, but for me it was the best place ever!

My first home (away from parents) was a two bed, tiny council flat. Nasty area, hideous neighbours, but I was so proud of it and loved it.

I remember meeting a friend in the library once and taking her back there. Not sure she had been in a council place before because she looked seriously unimpressed.

Mrsbucket

Could you add a conservatory on to become a playroom?

Part of the problem is that in UK, property values are based on number of rooms not square footage. Hence lots of tiny rooms and inadequate closet space etc. in new builds. It is a really bizarre system!

We have a lovely three bed/ three bath. Room sizes are not huge, but not too small. It is an 18th century farmhouse on a hill, so great views, but lots of cold wind as well.

I will only be a true believer if you post series of photos with yourselves in them [grins]

Beer, I have loaded up my (£2.99 from £2.99land) sledge with DIY stuff and am on my way round to fix wall.

Mine is as I described. Promise to the baby cheeses.

Travelling around there are lots of houses like this so why would they not be inhabited by MNers?

I just thumped the wall to prove it to myself, Dreams and some plaster fell off. So thanks for that

Dreams Mine is true. I never lie <lies>